Circulation in Lake Vostok: A laboratory analogue study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Wells, Mathew G ^a,b   Wettlaufer, J S ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

LAKE VOSTOK; MELTING ICE; WATER CIRCULATION;

LAKES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAKE WATER; SURFACE WATER; VORTEX;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

EID: 41849117674     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032162     Document Type: Article

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